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The Georgian Judo Federation finally found a successor for Irakli Tsirekidze as national head coach. Guram Modebadze will be announced after the National Championships at 27-28 December as new coach for Georgia. Modebadze is respected and coached many top athletes. Read more

At the age of 75 years Japanese Olympic Champion of 1972 Shinobu Sekine passed away today in a hospital in Tokyo. At the Munich Olympic Games he defeated Seung-Lip of Korea in the final U80kg. He celebrated most of his international success in Germany as he won bronze at the 1971 World Championships in Ludwigshafen as a middleweight in the open class. Read more

World championship silver medalist Megumi Tachimoto is retiring from competition, her sponsor announced on Tuesday. Tachimoto, who competed in the open weight class early in her career before moving to the +78kg category, said she would stay involved in judo “in some form.” Read more